|
|
Article: New Yorker Ousts D.C. Columnist; Who Will Replace Elizabeth Drew?
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 14, 1992
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Elizabeth Drew, relentless chronicler of Washington's political
ways since the time of Eisenhower, is being removed after nearly 20
years as the New Yorker's Washington correspondent.
The magazine's just-appointed editor, Tina Brown, moved with
dispatch to answer the question that sprang up in media circles here
the day of the New Yorker announcement: Would Elizabeth Drew be
retired?
In a Washington lunch conversation Tuesday, Brown told the
56-year-old Drew that the changes underway at the New Yorker would
include a new regular voice from Washington. Drew will continue her
periodic 1992 "Campaign Journals" until the election is over, and
then become an irregular contributor to the ...